[Blindmath] How-to perceive and operate on matrices if blind and not a braille reader

[John G Heim]

I have no answer but please share your eventual conclusions with this list.


On 12/14/2016 03:38 PM, Brian Richwine via Blindmath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a student that is recently blind and does not read braille. They
> will need to take a Finite Math course this Spring (starting next month).
> The course includes linear algebra which is concerned with matrix
> operations.
>
> The student has requested their materials in MathSpeak Grammar as an
> accessible Microsoft Word Document.
>
> Does anyone have any success stories of such a student learning linear
> algebra at the higher ed undergraduate level? It's a required course that
> the student must pass to graduate.
>
> Thank you,
>    Brian Richwine
>
>
>
> Manager, UITS Assistive Technology and Accessibility Centers, Indiana
> University
>
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>
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>
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>
> brichwin at iu.edu
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